Child mortality rate in Netherlands
Netherlands: Child mortality rate was 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality rate in Netherlands, 1970–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Netherlands peaked at 1.58 deaths per 100 live births in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Netherlands 168th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8614 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.715 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6304 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8321 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4579 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6185 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4154 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4021 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4444 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3949 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4005 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
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- Number of infants who die before age 1 80 deaths (2100)
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- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 128,921 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 125,868 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 126,917 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 123,425 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 122,674 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 118,615 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality rate in Netherlands?
- Child mortality rate in Netherlands was 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 deaths per 100 live births in 1970.
- What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Netherlands rank for child mortality rate?
- Netherlands ranks 168th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .